What is Publisher?

Microsoft Publisher 2010 helps you create professional-looking publications quickly and easily. With Publisher, you can create, design, and publish professional marketing and communication materials for print, and for mail or e-mail merges.

Find and apply a template

Publisher 2010 allows you to apply built-in templates, to apply your own custom templates, and to search from a variety of templates available on Office.com. Office.com provides a wide selection of popular Publisher templates, including newsletters and flyers.

To find and apply a template in Publisher 2010, do the following:

On the File tab, click New.

Under Available Templates, do one of the following:

To use a template that you already have installed, click My Templates, click the template that you want, and then click Create.

To use one of the pre-built templates installed in Publisher, under Most Popular or More Templates, click the category that you want, click the template that you want, and then click Create.

To find and apply a template on Office.com, under Most Popular or More Templates, click the category that you want, click the template that you want, and then click Download.

Note You can also search for templates on Office.com from within Publisher. In the Search for templates box, type one or more search terms, and then click the arrow button to search.

Insert a Building Block

Building blocks are reusable pieces of content such as business information, headings, calendars, borders, and advertisements that are stored in galleries. Publisher 2010 has a variety of built-in building blocks for you to choose from or you can download a building block from Office.com.

To insert a built-in building block, do the following:

In the Page Navigation pane, select the page in your publication where you want to insert the building block.

On the Insert tab, in the Building Blocks group, click the appropriate building block gallery.

Scroll to find a building block, or click the More <gallery name> to open the Building Block Library dialog box.

Click the building block that you want to insert.

For more information about how to use building blocks, see Building Blocks.